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236 results for "Public Service"
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A Summer Spent Advocating for Women’s Rights

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This summer, thanks to several generous gifts in support of Dean David N. Hempton’s campaign initiatives, HDS continued its ongoing effort to provide students with financial support so that they can serve communities locally and abroad through...

A Mentor Remembered

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Katie Ford and Sarah Sentilles studied under Gordon Kaufman a decade ago when they were enrolled in the MDiv program at HDS. Ford, MDiv '01, went on to become a poet and professor of English, and Sentilles, MDiv '01, earned a ThD from HDS in 2008 and...

Conjuring a 'New Spiritual Hospitality'

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Janet Cooper Nelson got the call late one night. The Rev. Paul Santmire, ThD '66, chaplain of her Wellesley College congregation, left a message with her husband that he needed to meet right away. She was tired after a long day at work, but Santmire said...

After the Election, Seeking Out the Lost

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Matthew Potts, Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies, wrote the following homily following the results of the 2016 election. Professor Potts is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church and has served several parishes in Massachusetts. The mainline...

'Loving God Is Always a Risk'

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Ahead of his book talk on April 20, CSWR director and HDS professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., opens up about the importance of comparing religious traditions, the difficulties of academic writing, and if loving God is harder today than it was centuries...

Waves of Caring

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Overcoming tough times, former surfing champion and new HDS grad Mary Setterholm helps others turn their lives around.

'My Need to Serve'

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Graduating student Salvador Peña has spent the past three years at HDS earning his master of divinity degree and seeking out new ways to help others.

A Spiritual Mentor's Lasting Influence: Henri Nouwen

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Twenty-three years ago, the spring issue of Harvard Divinity Bulletin included the following announcement: "Henri J.M. Nouwen, a Dutch priest, theologian, psychologist, and noted author has accepted an appointment at HDS as Professor of Divinity and...

Providing Shelter in the Time of Storm

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As the director of the First Church Shelter in Cambridge, Jim Stewart, MDiv '83, is a jack-of-all-trades. His work one particular day involved cubing and marinating beef, cutting and cooking potatoes, ordering supplies, and—as he often does—trying to help...

Jennings Practices the 'Theology of Doing'

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After Mark Jennings receives his M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School (HDS) today, he'll end up right where he started: on the mean streets of one of the nation's toughest cities.

Humans of HDS: Power of the Camera

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"I’m interested in the cross section of where creativity and compassion intersect. I want to use my camera to help others express themselves and to communicate different issues that need more understanding and empathy."— Brenda Bancel, Special Student ‘17